For me it's all about CRUSHING PEOPLE!! Or you know, dreaming about it....

ldrcycles wrote:Go to My data, then My Collection.This should now show you a list of your rides.Click in the check box for each ride and click on the Strava button.You will then be prompted for your Strava user name and password.You activities will now be in Strava.

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I've done that a couple of times and each time it's shown up on the bryton website as 'uploaded successfully' but then when i go to strava, nothing. I'm getting much quicker at loading them to bryton, saving to computer then loading to strava so i'm not bothered. Especially now that i've managed a 2nd on a segment, any amount of hassle is worth it .

When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments- Elizabeth West.

toolonglegs wrote:Strava is just a facebook for cyclists... nothing more.

Yeah ... dunno if I'd go that far. I think its definitely more than just a social app. I don't really use the social aspect of it and the premium features are certainly more orientated towards analysis than the social aspect.

Having a mac and looking at what training software is out there there would seem to be a niche for an app that has moderate level analysis, general tracking and a good looking user interface. Strava is very close to that with the exception of zone setting - If Strava allowed me to set my own HR zones I'd happily pay premium and it would fulfill all my training analysis needs (at the moment). It's definitely not a prosumer analysis tool but I'd argue that for the general cycling populous who are "semi-serious" about their training it would fit the bill.

The comparison/social stuff is a nice to have for me. It gives me a general benchmark of where I sit within the population that ride my routes but it gets taken with a big pinch of salt and at the moment I don't feel the need to try to smash segments or crush people - although that may change when my capability to crush or C2Cmax (tm) increases .

I agree it is great fun... also agree it is great motivation...I do all my testing on Strava runs ( as a few of you would know ).Also a super way to find good riding areas in a new region. On my last holiday in Spain all my rides were based of strava loops ( and beating KOM's of course! ). I don't even have a speedo on my handle bars but no one could say I am not serious with my training, if I bothered with a power meter again then Golden Cheetah would do just fine and it is free. Strava doesn't have much ability to look at files closely like WKO+ or Golden Cheetah. HR I will never bother with .So for me it is the ultimate Cycling Facebook ... although I had a Strava staff member on one of my Tour de France trips and I told him that... he wasn't so impressed... very serious American .

toolonglegs wrote:I don't even have a speedo on my handle bars but no one could say I am not serious with my training, if I bothered with a power meter again then Golden Cheetah would do just fine and it is free.

Thanks for mentioning GC .... does everything I was looking for and its free - you just saved me forty bucks Cheers!

Aah this is what i got a gps and strava for, logging the big stuff. 2.9k climb at 9.5%, segment page reckons a max of 42.6%? Maybe not quite that but i was only just able to clear the pinches in 44-30 with the front wheel lifting off the ground and wouldn't have ridden the whole thing if not for a 28t granny ring.http://app.strava.com/rides/22994542

When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments- Elizabeth West.

How do you edit your rides or get Strava to recalculate the whole ride?

I did a standard loop this morning that Strava always calculates as 49.3-49.4 km in length. Today Strava reckons that it was 53.8km. The only thing that was different was I stopped to have a chat with a mate for about 15-20min. This also happened to be in the middle of a segment. This has happened once before when I stopped to fix a flat mid segment. Is this a known Strava glitch or is it something else?